Undergraduate Course: Applied Pharmacology 3 (BIME09011)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | The course will provide practical laboratory work following on from that introduced in Pharmacology 3. In addition, a series of lectures and tutorials will consider pharmacological interventions in a range of areas, including Cancer Biology, Toxicology, Reproductive Biology, GI tract, Respiration and Haemostasis. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Not entered
    
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Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
		| High Demand Course? | 
		Yes | 
     
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
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 Lecture Hours 26,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 6,
 Summative Assessment Hours 2,
 Other Study Hours 5,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) | 
learning skills session
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Written in-course assessments: 
Practical write-ups. 20% 
Two pieces of student-specified work to discuss current and future drug targets and development (2 x 40%) | 
 
| Feedback | 
For Practical Reports, you will be provided with written feedback on your practical reports. This will be available at the point at which the write-ups are returned. You will be provided with formative feedback your ¿Discussion Article¿ electronically through Learn.   
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - an understanding of drug action and methods used to study drug action.
 - skills in finding, reading and deriving understanding from the scientific literature
 - an understanding of how biological systems can be modified by pharmacological intervention
 - undertaking and reporting practical laboratory work
 
     
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Reading List 
¿Pharmacology¿ (7th Edition) by H.P Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter and R.J. Flower, published by Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone (ISBN  978-0-7020-3471-8).  This is available through the library and also as an electronic resource when logged in through EASE. 
 
Alternative textbooks worth considering are: 
Pharmacology Condensed by M.M. Dale and D.G. Haylett published by Churchill Livingstone (ISBN 0443070490) 
 
¿Human Pharmacology - Molecular to Clinical: International Edition¿ (3rd Edition) by  
T.M. Brody, J. Larner, K.P. Minneman and H.C. Neu published by Mosby-Year Book Inc. (ISBN 0-8151-2456-2). 
 
¿Medical Pharmacology¿ (2nd Edition) by Peter Winstanley and Tom Walley published by Churchill Livingstone (ISBN 0-443-070555). 
 
¿Elsevier¿s Integrated Review: Pharmacology¿ (2nd Edition), by Mark Kester,Kent E. Vrana, & Kelly D. Karpa, published by Elsevier (ISBN 978-0-323-07445-2). |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Keywords | AppPharm3 | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Paul Skehel 
Tel: (0131 6)51 1961 
Email: Paul.Skehel@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mr Neale Summers 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3094 
Email: n.summers@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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